Thurmond Calls Vessel Seizure An Act Of War
Sen. Strom Thurmond says the seizure of a U S merchant vessel in the Gulf of Thailand is an act of war and urges prompt decisive action to secure the ship and crew. Rep. Floyd Spence says it is a serious provocation and supports military action if needed. Congressmen Davis and Spence call for immediate action to stop further provocations.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Gulf of Thailand
Thurmond
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Armed Services Committee
Spence
Mendel Davis
Charleston
House Armed Services Committee
House of the Action
Ford
Mayaguez Crew List Released After Cambodian Seizure
The Mayaguez crew of 39 is listed by Sea-Land, owner, with captains and officers named including James P. Newman and Jared C. Myregard. The ship, seized 60 miles off Cambodia, was built in 1944 in North Carolina and is owned by Sea Land Services Inc., a Reynolds subsidiary.
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Menlo Park
Mayaguez
Cambodia
Sea-Land Company
Charles T. Miller
Fountain Valley
Calif
James P. Newman
Reno
Nev
Jared C. Myregard
van Nuys
Burton Coombes
Richmond
David C. English
Seattle, Wash
Manasser Omer
Delano
U.S
North Carolina
R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc
Wilmington
North Carolina Ship Building Co
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Sea Land Services Inc
Menlo Park, N.J
Congress Nears Approval of Refugee Aid Funds
Congress moves toward approving a 405 million dollar refugee resettlement bill for South Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the measure 13 to 0 and the House action was expected soon while other panels review resettlement challenges and a separate 507 million request for refugee assistance.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Senate Judiciary
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Foreign Operations
Ford
Sen
John J. Sparkman
Dala
House
Sparkman
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
L. Dean Brown
Interagency Task Force
Senate Committee
Israeli Raiders Hit Again Across Lebanese Border
Israeli forces crossed into Lebanon for the second straight day and captured three more Arabs suspected of aiding Palestine guerrillas in All Around near the border. A military spokesman said no shots were fired, as Lebanon accused Israel of prior cross border raids.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Israel
Refugees Arrive in Charlotte Finding Welcome and Opportunity
The Nguyen family, 56 year old father Nguyen Van De, his son and daughter, plus two more daughters, stop in Charlotte after fleeing Saigon. They praise the U S as clean and safe with no street police checks while noting language barriers. They plan to stay, attend English classes, and pursue medical and teaching work.
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Charlotte
United States
Saigon
Thanh Hoa Lee
Vietnam
Oriental Restaurant
Nguyen Thi Hoa Thu
South Vietnam
Central Piedmont Community College
Nguyen van de
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Nguyen Hoa Thanh
Bureaucrat in Idle Post Says Board Has Had No Reviews
Jubal Hale, executive secretary of the Federal Metal and Non Metallic Safety Board of Review, admits he does little work as the five member panel has had no cases in four years. Congress has proposed abolition and funding for 1976 upkeep is questioned. Hale says the board exists to hear appeals from mine operators but has none to review, and Hechler calls for its end.
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Washington
Jubal Hale
Hale
Federal Metal and Non-Metallic Safety Board of Review
Congress
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
House Appropriations
Hechler
Min
Ing Enforcement and Safety Administration
MESA
Interior
Senate moves to vote on Consumer Advocacy bill
The Senate plans to end debate and vote on a bill creating an Agency for Consumer Advocacy. Supporters say it voices consumer interests without being a super‑agency, while opponents warn of an uncontrollable monster and extra bureaucracy. The ACA would mainly persuade, not compel, with broad business support cited by sponsor Abraham Ribicoff. Labor exemptions drew Republican criticism of politics at its worst.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Ford
Charles H. Percy
B-Ill
Congress
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Broadcasting
Organized Labor
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Senate Government Operations Committee
ACA
Ribicoff
Bankruptcy rate highest in history as filings rise
March set a record with 24 970 bankruptcy filings, 13 percent more than October and 42 percent above March 1974. First nine months of fiscal 1975 total 184 655 filings, up 35 percent from 1974, with analysts warning across individuals and businesses could hit new highs amid inflation and recession.
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Aiken County
Administrative Office of the
United States Courts
Federal Judicial District
Strikers Free Hostages At Canadian Aircraft Plant
In Longueuil near Montreal, over 100 riot police freed 10 hostages held by about 50 striking workers at a United Aircraft plant. Police arrested several strikers after breaking into the barricaded building amid clashes using clubs and tear gas. Four officers were injured as the raid followed a Quebec Federation of Labor rally opposing government anti corruption legislation in construction.
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Montreal
United Aircraft Plant
Longueuil
Quebec Federation of Labor
Louis Laberge
Fernand Daoust
Kenya Farm Output Mixed Amid Drought Hit in 1974
A government report from Nairobi notes an overall weak year for Kenyan agriculture in 1974 due to drought and machinery costs. Coffee and tea rose margins while sisal cotton rice fell. wheat and sugar cane increased.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Sisal
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